ubuntu 16.10 packet sources still have 0.7.4

[Kay F. Jahnke]

On 28.11.2016 14:44, Matthias Kretz wrote:
> On Montag, 28. November 2016 10:20:41 CET Kay F. Jahnke wrote:
>> I installed kubuntu 16.10, hoping I'd find an updated packet of vc-dev,
>> but like in 16.04, the previous release, there's only 0.7.4. This is
>> annoying because I have written software using 1.20, and I was hoping to
>> release it without requiring potential users to download from external
>> sources or build from source. Is there a reason why 1.20 hasn't made it
>> into the 16.10 packets? And is there any hope it will come with 17.04?
>
> It's probably best if you contact the package maintainer directly. I must
> admit I have not followed the packaging efforts at all.
>
> Cheers,
>   Matthias
>

I started out asking:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vc/+question/404456

Then I found there was a bug report already:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vc/+bug/1629881

I hope this will help getting a recent version of Vc into 17.04 at least.

Kay